Cases
A case provides information on a particular instance of SFM application. This section includes all the cases available in the SFM Toolbox, they can be in form of publications, videos, audios, websites, etc.
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The Tanzanian Government’s capacity to protect forests and woodlands has progressively declined, with a reduction in budgets and retrenchment of workers. Hence a question has emerged in recent years as to whether the main model of forest resource management involving protection by policing is the right way forward. One model...
Management of forest nurseries
18 August 2014
18 August 2014
This manual is intended to assist field staff in the operation and supervision of nurseries for Community Forestry or on-farm private planting. It is particularly suitable for use by organisations encouraging forestry activities at village level. Good management of nurseries is fundamental to producing good quality seedlings and good quality...
Management plan - Chapter 1
10 February 2015
10 February 2015
Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...
Managing for multiple use - Chapter 11
10 February 2015
10 February 2015
Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...
Managing forest, supporting wildlife: Can biodiversity thrive in responsibly logged tropical forests? – Case Study of the Peruvian Amazon–WWF
16 December 2019
16 December 2019
Commercial logging in tropical forests can degrade ecosystems and fragment habitats, threatening biodiversity. However, when logging is responsibly managed, it has the potential to support local livelihoods and economic development while conserving biodiversity and the other vital services that forests provide. To understand more about the impacts of forest management...
Managing the family forest in Mississippi - Introduction
10 February 2015
10 February 2015
Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi is a video lecture series designed to be a primer on forest management for private landowners. Each of the 13 stand-alone videos address a topic from the Managing the Family Forest in Mississippi book, which can be downloaded at msucares.com. Viewers are encouraged to...
Manejo forestal comunitario en la Amazonia – Lecciones y demandas de un proceso colaborativo
22 October 2014
22 October 2014
This paper is a report of the international workshop on Community forest management in the Amazon held in Pucallpa from 22 to 25 of November 2005. It is only available in Spanish.
Mangrove Action Project (MAP)
01 November 2016
01 November 2016
Mangroves are vital for healthy coastal ecosystems in many regions of the world and research and studies are revealing the unique importance of these habitats to the planet. The Mangrove Action Project is dedicated to reversing the degradation and loss of mangrove forest wetlands and their associated coastal ecosystems worldwide....
Mangroves and Markets (MAM)
01 November 2016
01 November 2016
The development of shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam at the expense of the mangrove environment has serious consequences, as mangroves protect against tidal waves and storm surges; they are vital fish nursery-grounds; provide timber, honey, and other products; and raise land levels by trapping sediment. They also have high carbon content...
Mangroves for the Future: A look back
13 December 2019
13 December 2019
Following the devastation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, IUCN and UNDP recognised the vital link between healthy coastal ecosystems -- especially mangroves and coral reefs -- and the resilience of coastal communities to natural disaster. Their joint initiative, Mangroves for the Future (MFF), is now at the end...